Meditating on a Burning Lamp
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET CONSECTETUR
"10 Sefirot of Nothingness:
Their end is embedded in their beginning
and their beginning is embedded in their end
like a flame tied to a burning coal
For the Master is Singular, He has no second
and before One what do you count?" (Sefer Yetzirah)
A common meditative technique in the Kabbalah is to contemplate the flame of a burning lamp. Our soul is likened to the energy of the flame whereas our body is like the material candle or the oil being consumed by the flame. In this picture a blue lamp contains fuel that is being drawn up its wick. The yellow letter Aleph א surrounding the wick represents how Air is needed to join the fuel with the flame and produce Light. In the red flame at the top of the picture, two angels can be seen. The one on the right has a blue rectangular head (hinting at the letter ם Mem - representing Chochmah); the one on the left has a red triangular head (hinting at the letter ש Shin - representing Binah). A yellow circular crown (Keter) unites both heads - hinting at the letter Aleph א.
The black part at the very top of the wick represents Moses on Mount Sinai holding the Two Tables of Stone. Moses represents Daat, which is what Tiferet becomes when it is fully mature.
The upper Yod of the yellow Aleph and the upper left part of the Vav of the Aleph represent Chesed and Gevurah. Inside the wick, lungs and a heart can be seen, associated with Tiferet. The lower Yod of the Aleph and the lower right part of its Vav represent Netzach and Hod.
In the lower part of the wick an altar sits upon a large liver. The altar represents Yesod, the liver represents Malchut.
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